Free Theater for, by and about MN Veterans!

Free Tickets to "An Iliad" When: Performances scheduled daily until Oct. 19 Where: Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis About: Military personnel, veterans, and their immediate families are invited to attend a performance of "An Iliad," now playing in the Dowling Studio. Experience one of the best performances of 2013 - a solo performance the Star Tribune hailed a "tour de force" and City Pages called "riveting!" More Info: Flyer Telling: Minnesota When: Oct. 19, 10 a.m., and Oct. 20, 1 p.m. Where: Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis Detailing military service from Vietnam through to the present, six  Minnesota veterans will step onstage at the Guthrie Theater’s Dowling  Studio to give their first-hand accounts of their lives and the military.  Telling: Minnesota is an original play written from interviews with the  performers themselves, interwoven into three continuous acts.  Stories range from capture and escape in Southeast Asia and Scud missile  attacks in Saudi Arabia, to accompanying Lynn Anderson to the Marine  Corps Ball, flying injured soldiers out of Iraq and Afghanistan, repairing  helicopters in South Korea and military sexual trauma in the Army. Telling:  Minnesota is an unvarnished look at the heroism, absurdity, horror, wonder  and banality of military life as told by the Minnesotans to whom these  things happened TELLING: MINNESOTA PERFORMANCES ARE FREE, BUT TICKETS ARE REQUIRED.  Call the Guthrie Box Office at 612.377.2224 (toll-free at 1.877.44STAGE) to reserve your ticket.  More Info: Flyer More Theater Discounts for Veterans and Active Military

When: Oct. 2013 Where: Various locations About: The Minnesota Theater Alliance is offering discounted tickets to several theater shows throughout Minnesota all month long! More Info: Website and Ticket Information    Vets Helping Vets Volunteers needed-- The RSVP volunteer program can connect you to volunteer opportunities that benefit veterans and the families of deployed military. Volunteers 55 and over receive special benefits. For more info: Call 952-945-4162 or Email